“Members of the public can buy five or ten locks, or even clusters of them, all at an affordable price,” Bruno Julliard, the environment chief at Paris City Hall, told reporters last week. The auction is meant to auction off a part of Paris’s modern history while supporting the refugees living in the Paris area.

Sales are expected to amount to about €100,000 (US$107,250). Any locks that are not sold will be melted and sold. At the moment, there is no exact date set for the auction.

NO LOVE LOCKS, an organization that has been working to get the love locks removed from Paris bridges, called the move “an expression of the true meaning of love in action, and hopes other cities around the world will follow the lead of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.”

Paris has actively been expanding their refugee program in the past few months. A temporary refugee camp opened in northern Paris in October. The camp has a capacity of 600 people, although the amount of refugees living in Paris streets is much higher. Another camp is expected to open to house an additional 350 women and children refugees.